Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety13#2,702/3,096
Economy88#369/3,143
Housing47#1,655/3,140
Health73#860/3,144
Healthcare83#542/3,143
Environment39#1,886/3,108
Education91#296/3,144
Infrastructure92#243/3,144
Community76#765/3,144
Leisure & amenities49#1,588/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clay County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low13 mi
94/100Missouri 40 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Flu vaccinations · high51.0%
91/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Traffic deaths · low7.7 /100k
91/100Missouri 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Food insecurity · low11.3%
91/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · high94.3%
90/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high855 /100k
1/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Property crime rate · high2,727 /100k
3/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Days with unhealthy air · high1.9%
13/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
15/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
16/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Firearm deaths · high18.1 /100k
16/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+26 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
12.7% (2020 & 2021) → 33.5% (2023 & 2024)
+21 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
New business applicationsImproving
10.0 /1k (2020) → 15.4 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
2.2 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−50%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
21.9% (Dec 2021) → 29.5% (Aug 2026)
+7.6 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clay County, Missouri improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Child poverty−2.9 points12.5% → 9.6%
New businesses+54%10.0 /1k → 15.4 /1k
Bachelor's++3.3 points33.2% → 36.5%
Uninsured−1.3 points9.3% → 8.0%
Household income+25%$70,705 → $88,044

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.5× → 3.1×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Clay County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	3.9 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	74%
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Average weekly wage	$1,0152020	$1,2472025	+23%	Improved	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%2015-2019	36.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	61%
Broadband subscriptions	88.3%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	3%
Child poverty rate	12.5%2019	9.6%2024	−2.9 points	Improved	70%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	13 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.1 /100k2020	17.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	78%
Firearm deaths	17.7 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.3%	Within the margin of error	45%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	38%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+37%	Within the margin of error	82%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	27%
Homicide rate	6.3 /100k2020	3.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,7252019	$67,1362024	+30%	Improved	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4132015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$70,7052019	$88,0442024	+25%	Improved	48%
New business applications	10.0 /1k2020	15.4 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	62%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−8.7%	Within the margin of error	42%
Poverty rate	9.1%2019	8.9%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Property crime rate	3,157 /100k2020	2,727 /100k2025	−14%	Improved	19%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	44%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	42.6%2015-2019	45.2%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+4.1%	Within the margin of error	61%
Students per teacher	14.3×2019	13.9×2024	−0.4×	Little change	38%
Suicide rate	19.3 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	70%
Traffic deaths	8.8 /100k2015-2019	7.7 /100k2020-2024	−13%	Within the margin of error	71%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2020	3.8%2025	−2.4 points	Improved	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.3%2019	8.0%2024	−1.3 points	Improved	56%
Violent crime rate	971 /100k2020	855 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Clay County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clay County, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clay County, Missouri itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

258,122 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

102,171 households (±719)

Clay County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k10%10,489
$25k–50k16%16,621
$50k–75k16%16,201

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

102,171 households (±719)

Clay County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own69%70,999
Rent31%31,172

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

133,585 workers (±1,822)

Clay County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone75%99,904
Carpool6.9%9,283
Public transit0.2%†210

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Clay County has 5,654 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Missouri's), with 118,402 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,650. The Census Bureau also counts 20,557 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,654; 20,557 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 118,402
Average annual pay: $61,650; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clay County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	529	20.4	0.98×About typical	4,898	$83,363	726
Restaurants and other eating places	427	16.4	0.89×About typical	9,764	$22,116	73
Specialty trade contractors	362	13.9	0.90×About typical	3,160	$70,883	1,027
Lessors of real estate	313	12	0.98×About typical	1,361	$66,119	2,028
Limited-service restaurants	219	8.4	1.05×About typical	4,645	$19,483	33
Offices of other health practitioners	207	8	1.31×More than typical	892	$44,371	432
Insurance agencies and brokerages	173	6.7	1.52×More than typical	920	$58,666	319
Services to buildings and dwellings	169	6.5	0.96×About typical	1,256	$37,911	1,011
Real estate agents and brokers	161	6.2	1.27×More than typical	242	$51,760	706
Religious organizations	156	6	1.08×About typical	1,987	$28,242	—
Building equipment contractors	154	5.9	0.98×About typical	1,685	$69,278	223
Full-service restaurants	154	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	4,525	$25,040	18

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 259,937 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $44.5M on contracts performed in Clay County, Missouri: $168 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $44.5M; −33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $168; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$14.8M33%
Agricultural Marketing Service$10.2M23%
Federal Aviation Administration$5.9M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs$4.7M11%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.6M5.8%
U.S. Coast Guard$1.3M2.9%
Department of the Air Force$1.1M2.5%
Environmental Protection Agency$820K1.8%

Top recipients

EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC$14.8M33%
PARIS BROTHERS, INC.$9.3M21%
CD & T LOGISTICS INC$5.2M12%
CENTRAL POWER SYSTEMS & SERVICES, LLC$3.8M8.6%
ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$3.6M8.2%

Spending by fiscal year

88.4MFY2017
134MFY2018
124.6MFY2019
177.1MFY2020
154.4MFY2021
107.2MFY2022
72.3MFY2023
72.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$14.8M33%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$9.3M21%
Household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers · 4236$5M11%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$4.3M9.8%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$2.8M6.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OA/CTS$66.4M
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC· Clay County, MO· Education & social services· Apr 7, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· 1605JW22C0008
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009006/4400002005/4300014021/3PL SERVICES$16.6M
PARIS BROTHERS, INC.· Clay County, MO· Transportation & logistics· Apr 29, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· 123J1425F0827
LABORATORY SYSTEM REENGINEERING PROJECT (LSRP) REMOTE HOSTING, MAINTENANCE, AND SUSTAINMENT$14.3M
ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Clay County, MO· IT & telecom· Feb 1, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026· 36C10B23C0009
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009006/4400002005/4300014022/3PL SERVICES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Clay County, Missouri: $5,440 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; −1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,440; US $12,955
Loan face value: $85.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$935.9M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$142.5M9.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$112.2M7.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$80M5.6%
93.600 · Head Start$32.8M2.3%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$25.1M1.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$22.4M1.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$20.2M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

MID AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL$32.8M2.3%
KANSAS CITY, MO
CITY OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS$25.1M1.7%
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$18.3M1.3%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
MRIGLOBAL$7.5M0.5%
KANSAS CITY, MO
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LIBERTY, MISSOURI

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.2B80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$160.7M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$43.3M3.0%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$32.8M2.3%
Department of Health and Human Services
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

1.3BFY2021
1.5BFY2022
1.6BFY2023
1.7BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.4BFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Clay County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Clay County, Missouri
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$364	$1,436
FY2018	$543	$1,552
FY2019	$497	$1,654
FY2020	$697	$1,880
FY2021	$604	$1,810
FY2022	$417	$1,917
FY2023	$278	$2,079
FY2024	$276	$2,047
FY2025	$251	$2,165
FY2026	$168 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$39.73	$93.28
FY2018	$5.42	$105
FY2019	$0.96	$128
FY2020	$14.69	$145
FY2021	$18.23	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$788	$5,748
FY2022	$618	$5,221
FY2023	$411	$5,364
FY2024	$554	$5,501
FY2025	$201	$5,732
FY2026	$495

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$149	$298
FY2022	$170	$357
FY2023	$109	$301
FY2024	$130	$319
FY2025	-$187	$360
FY2026	$164

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$37.99	$239
FY2022	$42.11	$185
FY2023	$60.30	$229
FY2024	$51.05	$229
FY2025	$50.88	$249
FY2026	$51.55

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$125	$2,267
FY2025	$124	$2,397
FY2026	$153

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clay County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$790	$1,186
FY2022	$241	$465
FY2023	$44.11	$76.52
FY2024	$62.30	$120
FY2025	$93.46	$148
FY2026	$50.69

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Clay County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Clay County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	4.8%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

HHS grants · FY2024

$125 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $0 (— that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

Clay County, Missouri
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Uninsured residents (under 65): change since 2023points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29047

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clay County, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Clay County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Kansas City, MO-KS73Central county

Cities and towns in Clay County

Places whose residents live mostly in Clay County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.0%	−4.2%
2015	+0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+3.3%
2018	+3.8%	+6.8%
2019	+7.5%	+10.5%
2020	+12.9%	+19.4%
2021	+16.7%	+26.1%
2022	+26.8%	+30.6%
2023	+31.7%	+35.0%
2024	+34.9%	+41.0%
2025	+38.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	−5.4%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+4.1%	+8.9%
2019	+7.7%	+13.5%
2020	+15.8%	+20.8%
2021	+22.5%	+32.1%
2022	+24.4%	+35.4%
2023	+31.0%	+42.9%
2024	+36.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.6%	−6.9%
2015	−1.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.7%
2018	+4.5%	+7.5%
2019	+7.2%	+14.0%
2020	+13.6%	+16.9%
2021	+13.9%	+21.0%
2022	+19.6%	+29.7%
2023	+28.6%	+34.9%
2024	+33.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	−13.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+78.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+81.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	5.5%	6.2%
2015	4.6%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	6.2%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	9.1%	15.5%
2015	7.8%	14.7%
2016	8.4%	14.0%
2017	7.4%	13.4%
2018	7.0%	13.1%
2019	9.1%	12.3%
2020	7.7%	11.9%
2021	8.1%	12.8%
2022	7.7%	12.6%
2023	7.8%	12.5%
2024	8.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.9% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+46.0% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+53.6% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	10.1%	13.5%
2015	9.3%	10.9%
2016	8.0%	10.0%
2017	8.6%	10.2%
2018	9.0%	10.4%
2019	9.3%	10.8%
2020	10.0%	10.4%
2021	8.8%	10.2%
2022	7.7%	9.5%
2023	7.2%	9.5%
2024	8.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Clay County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.4/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Clay County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.6 points	+1.9 points	+1.1 points to +2.2 points
Year −2	+0.5 points	+1.3 points	+0.7 points to +1.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.8 points	−0.1 points	−0.7 points to +0.2 points

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